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Just Announced: The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die

June 4, 2015

There was a time where I thought And You Will Know Us By The Trail of the Dead was the longest band name ever. How naive of me. With that being said, After Dark announced this afternoon that the atmospheric indiemo octet, The World is a Beautiful Place & I am No Longer Afraid to Die (TWIABP), would be making a stop at Waiting Room on Friday, August 14th.  Fans of Explosions in the Sky, The Front Bottoms, or early Taking Back Sunday should buy tickets when they go on sale Friday, June 5th via Ticketfly.com. Another layer of this already delicious bill is the addition of Pianos Become Teeth  on this bill. Make sure you are over 16 or you bring your parent/cool guardian.

Tonight: Atsuko Chiba

May 20, 2015

I usually give every band on a bill coming through Buffalo the ol’ college try to see if the gauge my interest. More often than not, a band I’m not familiar with doesn’t do it for me. With this, I was planning on taking today off, but I just couldn’t pass up gushing about Atusko Chiba. Atusko Chiba is a Montreal-based quintet on the tail-end of a tour all over the United States. The group’s sound is 80% dreamy instrumental, with short bursts of chants. The best way to describe AC would be experimental post-rock (fans of Explosions in the Sky or Mono would dig) with heavy In Casino Out-era At The Drive-In patches. Mohawk Place is set to host Atsuko Chiba tonight with locals Shadow Swine and JeffRepeater. It’ll probably be an early one, so I would get there by 8pm with $5 in hand.

Pink Elephant Releases Video for “Employment”

May 18, 2015

We’ve been listening to Pink Elephant for the past couple of years, even naming their 2014 self titled full-length our album of the week last summer as well as their song “Architect” our eighth  favorite Rochester track of 2014. Suffice to say, we are fans over at buffaBLOG of their grizzled, cacophonous sound. This morning the heavy-hitting quartet released the video for the track “Employment,” with the help of Matt Tharp over at Ghost Films. The video alters between shots of Rochester’s growing and dying areas, jumping back to shots of the band’s practice space. Fans of Pile, Les Savy Fav, or Trail of Dead would enjoy Pink Elephant. Check out their video for “Employment” below.

Tonight: Hey Rosetta!

May 16, 2015

Tonight, the Studio at the Waiting Room is set to host Newfoundland’s Hey Rosetta!, a lively orchestral pop seven-piece paired with bravado leads that fans of Ra Ra Riot, Landlady, or even Coldplay would enjoy.  Since forming in 2005, the septet have toured all over the world,  gaining a wide array of fans and press from notable outlets like NPR and the CBC.  Tonight’s show is presented by Funtime with doors at 6:30pm and $16 cover. No word on if there are any openers. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/161105988″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]

Tonight: CRUISR

May 7, 2015

Tonight, Philadelphia-based indie-pop quartet, CRUISR, will be making a stop at The Studio at the Waiting Room. Signed to Vagrant Records (The 1975,  School of Seven Bells), CRUISR has achieved quite the buzz, scoring exclusive features on internet suckhole Buzzfeed, Daytrotter, and All Things Go. Fans of Architecture in Helsinki, Royal Tongues, or Joywave should plan on pounding dinner pretty early tonight. CRUISR will be supporting Detroit garage-disco act Flint Eastwood, with local support from the majestic SHEDS and electropop voices. $10 cover with early doors at 6:30pm. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/193028979″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]

Cookie Drops Latest Tune “Take It Slow”

May 5, 2015

One of the blog’s favorite songwriting partnerships comes in the form of Cookie, a collaboration between Jordan Nittoli (Newish Star, Dream Journal) and Dave Dluga (Softlines, Mapmaker). Yesterday afternoon, the duo debuted another incredibly curt song, titled “Take It Slow,” which rings in at a fast one minute and 13 seconds. The follow up the band’s early 2015 EP, Tell it to the Fudge, “Take It Slow” continues to waste no time delivering quickly-paced indierock tunes that always seem to end too soon, but that’s what repeat buttons are for, right? The band does not expect to bring the project to a stage/basement any time soon, so listen to “Take It Slow” below.

17 Bands To See At Albany’s Move Music Festival

April 20, 2015

One of the goals we have as a blog is to expand our regional/state-wide influence/knowledge base. Once we received an e-mail from Move Music Festival, a three day festival taking place in the heart of Albany, NY, we knew we had to check out. Over 100 bands were announced as part of the festival, and trust me when we say we did our homework. Over the past week we listened to probably about 96 acts that we’ve never heard of before. Bands like Sheen and CONTACT were impossible to google so I have no idea what they sound like. Other bands totally disappeared from the lineup (C’mon Dead Leaf Echo, I was looking forward to catching your first show since I was super poor living in NYC and eating the complimentary apps as dinner at someone’s art show in Williamsburg). The following are 17 acts we are personally excited to check out[...]

CRUSHES Release New Single “i miss you”

April 20, 2015

This past week, Rochester birthed duo, CRUSHES, released their first single in over a year, titled “i miss you.” Comprised of long-time Rochester DJ, David Lee Rad, and Buffalo/Rochester floater, DJ Lulu, “i miss you” is an impressive indietronic collaboration by the pair, reminiscent of Chromatics, Ladyhawke or even Cut Copy. Let’s hope this is not just a stand alone track, but a single from a forthcoming EP, or maybe even a full. One can dream. Check out “i miss you” below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/200662838″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /]

buffaBLOG Announces Booking Company: Yace Booking

April 16, 2015

Throughout the past five years, buffaBLOG has strived to cover the very best up-and-coming bands from Buffalo and beyond. The blog has been rapidly expanding, garnering over 10,000 social media followers with daily previews, show announcements, local spotlights, new music, interviews, opinion pieces, reviews, and the buffaBLOG Weekly Podcast. In addition, the blog coordinates events such as Herd Fest, annual holiday and birthday parties, along with many one-off events, but you probably already know all of that. With this, great bands are constantly asking buffaBLOG to help set up shows thus leading us to proudly announce our latest venture, Yace Booking. buffaBLOG is eager to set up shows and lineups for both in-town bands and touring bands, at a variety of different venues, as well with collaborate with established venues and agencies to put together great events.  E-mail yacebooking@gmail.com with all inquiries.

American Low Premieres Black & White Music Video for “Cloud”

April 13, 2015

A few weeks ago, Buffalo-based trio American Low debuted their video for the single “Cloud.” The black and white video features the trio in an abandoned studio belting about how a love interest is putting up a wall. What’s most impressive is lead singer Mike Brady’s playful delivery and transition into falsetto vocals. Local fans of Made Violent along with fans of national acts like Girls would dig American Low. The band is set to drop a new EP on the internet this week and has a show this Saturday at Nietzsche’s with Bryan Johnson & Family, M.A.G.S., and Brooklyn’s Happy Hollow.

Infringement Festival Calls for Submissions

April 10, 2015

Like clockwork, every spring, the Buffalo Infringement Festival makes a public call for acts to participate in itsannual late July-early August festival. Infringement is a great chance for out of town bands to be guaranteed a show as well as introduce new projects to Buffalo’s music scene. In order to participate in Infringement, interested parties must register online here by creating a user name and submitting a proposal. buffaBLOG will be curating an exclusive out-of-towners showcase, also, so if you have sent us messages in the past about playing in Buffalo, here is your chance.

Tonight: Shana Falana

April 8, 2015

The Hive is set to host one of the most impressive bills of the month tonight in its tiny DIY attic. Headlining the bill is buzzing Kingston, NY-based duo, Shana Falana. The act is currently on a multi-month tour, supporting the April 7th release of Set Your Lightning Fire Free via Team Love Records (Tilly and the Wall, Roz and the Rice Cakes). If you are a fan of shoegaze with powerful female vocals, you should probably be at The Hive. Supporting Falana is Rochester lo-fi tag team, Buffalo Sex Change, indie-pop trio, The Tins, and a stripped down acoustic set from a hibernating Aircraft. $6 doors and it’s super early. Like 7pm early. If you don’t know where the Hive is, I would ask someone who does.

Just Announced: !!!

April 7, 2015

This morning, ESI announced it would be bringing one of the best live party bands, !!!, back to Buffalo after a 3+ year hiatus. On Friday, May 22nd, the dance punk act will be getting sweaty in the Ninth Ward basement. !!! (pronounced chk chk chk) have been mainstays in the indie dance sector, coming up with the likes LCD Soundsystem and remaining active long after. So pack your short shorts, hydrate up, and prepare to witness one of the best shows to come to Buffalo this summer. Tickets can be purchased on ticketweb for a cool $15.

Tonight: Advance Base

April 3, 2015

Tonight, Sugar City is presenting an evening for introverts. Headlined by always-in-his-head, Advance Base, along with support from Rochester’s ice bar, experimental Jax and blog favorite Damian, this  for those who want a calm and cool night with artists who will talk to your heart. I’ve heard the name Advance Base around the internet for a bit, but never stopped to give it a listen. #bloglife. I played a few songs last night and was instantly like “Oh wow, this sounds like Casiotone for the Painfully Alone.” Guess what? Advance Base is Owen Ashworth, the voice and mind behind Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, an act known for its incredibly descriptive lyrics teeter tottering in between sad and self aware, and sometimes both. Another layer which makes this cake super sweet is the debut Buffalo performance by Ice Bar, who’s very impressive 2014 ante meridium came out of nowhere and[...]

Just Announced: Pile

March 31, 2015

This afternoon it was announced that Boston-based heavy indie rockers / 2015 tour warriors, Pile, will be taking the stage at Mohawk Place on Sunday, May 17th. The band has literally been all over the country in 2015, playing for four months straight in support of the highly praised album You’re Better Than This. After listening to the album over and over again this afternoon, I would best describe it as meeting in the middle venn diagram between Cursive, Pissed Jeans, and Attic Abasement. The bill will definitely be the best line-up on Buffalo that night. Support for Pile comes from spooky locals, JOHNS, who are still high on their very successful release show for Grift Marks as well as buzzing heavy-hitters, the Slums. No word on doors, but I imagine it would be on the early side and well worth your money.